Stamford local Sports Roundup April 27

Updated 10:24 pm, Friday, April 25, 2014

This is the inaugural season of the Stamford Little League, formed by the 2014 merger of the North Stamford and Springdale Little Leagues.

Matt Jester and Jay Lockwood led Instant Replay at the plate and on the mound, defeating defending league champions Clairol, 12-2. The duo combined for a three-hitter over four innings in the mercy-rule shortened game. Lockwood unloaded a three-run homer and scored twice. Jester singled, double and scored three times.

Jaden Dawkins smashed a triple and single for IR whle Anthony Possidento (triple), David Collazo, Sterling Gregg and Tyler Tuccinardi added hits. Anthony Lueck made a nice running catch on a fly ball.

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Ben Feldman doubled home two runs in the bottom of the fifth and then scored the third as Carpentry Unlimited overcame RMS Construction, 3-1. Jack Hoch and RJ Salvatore set the table for Carpentry with hits that inning.

Matt Tiplady notched the win in relief for Carpentry with seven straight strikeouts. Starter Patrick Teasdale allowed only three hits while striking out five over 4.2 innings. Rookie Matt Mailhot pitched well for RMS, scattering four hits and striking out six over 4.2 innings.

Abercrombie, Burns, McKiernan & Co. Insurance defeated Boot Camp, 6-2 as rookies James Fahan of Abercrombie and Luke Noonan of Boot Camp each smacked doubles for their first hits in the Majors.

Clairol (0-2) managed just four hits. Calvin McKeever and Connor Robb (one RBI) had back-to-back doubles in the sixth. Frank Gentile added a single, and drove in two runners on the day. Chris Price added a single. Second baseman Anthony Lowe played excellent defense.

Carpentry Unlimited's Matt Tiplady had four hits and drove in four at the plate while striking out 12 in five innings on the hill, leading his team to a 16-2 victory over RMS Construction.

Jack Hoch had three RBI on three hits for Carpentry (2-0). Patrick Teasdale added two hits and Joe Johnson two RBI to the hitting attack.

Abercrombie, Burns, McKiernan & Co. Insurance edged Boot Camp, 1-0 in a pitching duel. Abercrombie (2-0) pitchers A.J. Rakoczy and Matt Eldredge combined for 13 strikeouts while Boot Camp (0-2) hurlers Robert Smeriglio and Austin Byrnes combined for eight strikeouts while allowing just three hits. The game's lone run came when Joe Nathanson plated Rakoczy in the bottom of the first.